diff --git a/spa/plugins/alsa/alsa-pcm.c b/spa/plugins/alsa/alsa-pcm.c
index 223116f49..d0d1e6cb6 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/alsa/alsa-pcm.c
+++ b/spa/plugins/alsa/alsa-pcm.c
@@ -718,6 +718,7 @@ static int enum_dsd_formats(struct state *state, uint32_t index, uint32_t *next,
 	int res, err;
 	snd_pcm_t *hndl;
 	snd_pcm_hw_params_t *params;
+	snd_pcm_format_mask_t *fmask;
 	struct spa_pod_frame f[2];
 
 	if ((index & 0xffff) > 0)
@@ -727,6 +728,12 @@ static int enum_dsd_formats(struct state *state, uint32_t index, uint32_t *next,
 	snd_pcm_hw_params_alloca(&params);
 	CHECK(snd_pcm_hw_params_any(hndl, params), "Broken configuration: no configurations available");
 
+	snd_pcm_format_mask_alloca(&fmask);
+	snd_pcm_hw_params_get_format_mask(params, fmask);
+
+	if (!snd_pcm_format_mask_test(fmask, SND_PCM_FORMAT_DSD_U32_BE))
+		return 0;
+
 	CHECK(snd_pcm_hw_params_set_rate_resample(hndl, params, 0), "set_rate_resample");
 
 	spa_pod_builder_push_object(b, &f[0], SPA_TYPE_OBJECT_Format, SPA_PARAM_EnumFormat);